HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
258 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FEW TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND DAMAGING WIND UP TO 70 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.
STRONG DAYTIME HEATING...COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AIR ALOFT AND
INCREASING MOISTURE...IS SUPPORTING A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE STORMS COULD
QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ERUPT IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND WIND
SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STORMS TO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND A RISK
FOR TORNADOES. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ALSO...HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS. PONDING OF
WATER AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT OVER THE WHOLE OUTLOOK AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THE
SYSTEM STILL SOMEWHAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS
POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN EVENT.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED INTO TONIGHT...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
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